Russia's GDP growth slowed in Q2 while inflation continued to soar on the back of heavy state spending: report

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The Kremlin in Moscow.
Moscow.

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Asia's governments think people not having sex or dating may be tanking their birth rates. That's not the full picture.

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Hospital staff attending to new born babies in the nursery ward of the Hospital in Misato city, Saitama prefecture on February 1, 2014.
Cities like Tokyo and Seoul have turned to radical ideas like launching a dating app and giving people money to reverse their vasectomies in order to bolster their declining birth rates.

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Plummeting fertility rates are making Asian countries worry about running out of soldiers

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The South Korean flag on army uniforms.
South Korea, which has the world's lowest fertility rate, has military conscription of at least 18 months.

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Falling birth rates are freaking countries out and spawning dubious fixes like tax breaks, cheaper cars, and free surgery

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A graphic showing fertility rates on the decline.
Countries with declining fertility rates have experimented with novel solutions to try to get women to have more babies.

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China's birth rate has fallen so much that many hospitals are simply giving up on delivering babies

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A newborn baby, whose Chinese zodiac sign is dragon, is seen with the mother at a hospital in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 10, 2024.
China's birth rate has continued to fall.

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Putin is once again telling Russians to have more babies, and this time he's saying ethnic survival is at stake

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Russian President Vladimir Putin hugs a crying baby as he greets local residents on March 6, 2020 in Ivanovo, 230 km east of Moscow, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin urges families to have more babies for ethnic survival.

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China won't end up like Japan - but it's headed for a 'grinding deceleration' with a narrow path to avoid stagnation, research firm says

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China's economic growth hit a three-decade low in 2018, adding to pressure on Beijing to beef up stimulus measures and settle a tariff war with Washington.

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China risks a debt deflation loop but could avoid a lost decade if it plays its cards right, Morgan Stanley says

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China's economy fell into deflation the past quarter, and falling prices could get worse, Morgan Stanley said.

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